Love, Monaco

00.19

A/N well this chapter kinda sucks...so sorry but the inspiration wasn't there 😅

I park my car at the airport the next day, Charles is sitting in the passenger seat his hand holding mine. "Regarde-moi Della" I look over at the Monégasque an anxious crinkle between my eyebrows, he brings a hand up gently smoothing it out with his thumb. "I'm sorry, you're worried about me when you should be thinking about the race" he shakes his head quickly cradling my face between his hands, "I think about racing too much, being here with you gives me a break from that" I bite my lip but he gently tugs it from my teeth a second later. He leans towards me to drop a kiss to my lips, "tu est magnifique ma chérie, et je vais toujours penser de toi" I smile at Charles trying not to show how sad I am, "I've never been someone's chérie" he smiles too before quickly kissing my hand, "allons-y ma chérie" he replies with a wink making me blush as I watch him leave the car before doing the same seconds later.

We walk into the airport hand-in-hand, I avoid think too much about how far away we'll be from each other knowing that if I stop and think about it i'll be a mess of tears. Charles squeezes my hand which makes me look over at him, he smiles and that makes me do the same. "We'll see each other soon" I nod my hand tightening around his, "Della why are you so quiet?" I bite my lip while shrugging, he brings me to a stop before standing in front of me with his hand on my cheek, "talk to me" he adds concern on his face. My bottom lip trembles slightly as tears well up in my eyes, "i'm going to miss you so much" I say, he pulls me into a hug my hands curling into the fabric of his shirt, "je te manqueras aussi" he murmurs before kissing my head, I feel the tears rolling down my cheeks as he runs his fingers through my hair soothingly. Once i've more or less calmed down I pull away from the Monégasque bringing my hand up to wipe away the tears on my cheeks, "t'est correcte?" I nod giving him a small smile, he smiles as well before lowering his head to press a long kiss to my lips. When he pulls away I sigh looking into his light eyes, "no crying Del, I want you to keep smiling" he tells me before tapping my nose, I giggle at the gesture, "if you keep giving me reasons to do so I will" I reply and he smiles, "deal" he says before I let him step away slightly. Charles kisses my head one last time before turning around to go through security, I watch him until he's out of sight frowning when I have to leave the airport to go back home.

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I walk into the house with a new kind of determination. "Where's Pierre?" I ask my mom who is sitting in the living room, "backyard" she replies so I make my way out the back door. My brother is lounging on the deck his headphones over his ears, I walk over quickly pulling them off earning a shout of protest. "I want you to teach me all you know about Formula 1" I exclaim making him sit up with a grin, "finally baby sis, coming to the dark side with me" he replies, I scoff, "Charles races in a week and I want to have some kind of understanding of what's going on when I watch" he stands up before placing a hand on my shoulder, "I beginning to really like this guy Del, you should keep him around" I smile while ducking my head, "I really like him too P" I mumble. "When do you want to get started on this crash course of F1?" Pierre asks while lifting an eyebrow at me, "as soon as possible? But maybe I should get some food in me first" I reply, he laughs, "okay, food first then we start" I nod happily and turn around to go back into the house.

Once i've finished eating I tug my hair into a high bun before going to find Pierre. I find him in his old room digging through a desk drawer, "okay i'm ready" I say making him whip around with a grin. "Sit down Del this is gonna be overwhelming" I lift an eyebrow but do as he requests watching him pull out some things and open up an internet browser on his computer. The next hour is spent listening to my brother explain the basics of Formula 1 racing. The information overload makes me stop him, "broski let's continue this tomorrow, maybe we should just make it a daily thing for the next week so that I can actually process everything" he chuckles but doesn't object, agreeing to spread out the information over a few days.

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As the week goes on with work and Pierre's crash courses on F1, I find my self enjoying the new knowledge I've gained on the sport. Excited to watch Charles' race on Sunday while also bonding with my brother even more.

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Translations:

Regarde-moi Della - look at me Della

tu est magnifique ma chérie, et je vais toujours penser de toi - you're amazing and I will always think of you

allons-y ma chérie - come on

je te manqueras aussi - i'm going to miss you too

t'est correcte? - are you okay?